Frank Sidgwick, The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-Night's Dream'… (1908)
“ But where foul sluts did dwell, Who used to sit up late, And would not scour the pewter well, There came a merry mate To kitchen or to hall, Or place where sprites resort; Then down went dish and platters all To make the greater sport. A further sport fell out When they to spoil did fall; Rude Robin Goodfellow, the lout, Would skim the milk-bowls all, And search the cream-pots too, For which poor milk-maid weeps. God wot what such mad guests will do When people soundly sleeps! ”
